The sources of the urban wage premium by worker skills: Spatial sorting or agglomeration economies?
The sources of the urban wage premium by worker skills: Spatial sorting or agglomeration economies?
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DOI：
10.1111/pirs.12025
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发表时间：
2014-11-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Larsson, Johan P.
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作者：
Andersson, Martin;Klaesson, Johan;Larsson, Johan P.
我们估计了空间分类经济和集聚经济在解释不同技能工人的城市工资溢价方面的重要性。分拣是工资溢价的主要来源。集聚经济通常规模较小，但对于拥有非常规工作任务相关技能的工人来说，集聚经济规模更大。它们似乎也与人力资本积累有关，从人口密集地区迁出的工人的工资变化就证明了这一点。对于从事常规工作的工人来说，集聚经济几乎不存在。我们的研究结果进一步证明，空间密度主要在解决问题和与他人互动很重要的情况下带来生产力优势。
We estimate the respective importance of spatial sorting and agglomeration economies in explaining the urban wage premium for workers with different sets of skills. Sorting is the main source of the wage premium. Agglomeration economies are in general small, but are larger for workers with skills associated with non-routine job tasks. They also appear to involve human capital accumulation, as evidenced by the change in the wage of workers moving away from denser regions. For workers with routine jobs, agglomeration economies are virtually non-existent. Our results provide further evidence of spatial density bringing about productivity advantages primarily in contexts when problem-solving and interaction with others are important.